Presentation - “Policy development and co-ordination in the new approach on Public Administration Reform”, Alberto Costa, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission. Regional conference on the functioning of centres of government in the Western Balkans, 22-23 June 2017, Danilovgrad, Montenegro.

1. Policy development and
coordination in the new European
Commission's approach on
Public Administration Reform
SIGMA-ReSPA-RCC Regional Conference on the Functioning
of Centres of Government of the Western Balkans
Danilovgrad, Montenegro
22-23 June 2017
Alberto Costa
Centre of Thematic Expertise on PAR
DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
European Commission

2. PAR definition and implementation framework
Public service
and HR
management
Accountability
Service
delivery
Public
financial
management
Policy
development
and
coordination PAR Strategic
framework
The Principles of
Public Administration
• Developed by
OECD/ SIGMA
• Define each core
area in detail by
outlining the
requirements for a
well-functioning
administration
• Basis to develop
(or update)
national PAR
strategies
• Basis to design EU
assistance
• Used to better
structure our policy
dialogue
Baseline
assessments
against the
Principles of
Public
Administration
• Benchmarking exercise
to assess the gaps
• Analytical inputs to
develop (or update)
national PAR
strategies, to feed the
policy dialogue on PAR
and to design EU
assistance
Definition of PAR
(6 separate but interlinked and mutually
enhancing policy areas)
Mainstreaming PAR
in sector-specific
policies and assistance
Structured policy
dialogue

3. A competent
policy-
making
system at
CoG
institutions
Harmonised
policy planning
and
implementation
Uniform quality
standards of
policies and
legislation
throughout PA
Result-oriented
monitoring of
Government's
performance
and
communication
Transparent,
legal, publicly
accessible
government
decisions and
reports
Accountability
Civil Service and
Human Resources
Management
Limited
number of
relevant,
credible and
affordable
policies
Limited number of coherent
policy objectives at
Government level
Public Financial
Management

4. Contact for further questions:
Centre of Thematic Expertise on PAR
DG NEAR.A3 – Thematic Support, Monitoring and
Evaluation
Email: NEAR-PAR@ec.europa.eu